What is honey treatment? What is washing treatment? What are their strengths and weaknesses?

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Washing treatment method

Put the selected coffee cherry into the peeling machine and initially remove its peel and pulp. Put the coffee beans with residual pectin into the water and let them ferment (about 24 hours). After fermentation, the raw coffee beans with parchment are washed in a flow tank to remove the pulp and pectin.

After washing, dry the coffee beans or dry the coffee beans with the help of a dryer to reduce the moisture content to about 12%. Finally, remove the parchment of raw coffee beans.

Excellent: after washing, the coffee tastes better and the quality is more stable.

Bad: the steps are tedious, need to use a lot of water for cleaning, the cost is relatively high.

Honey treatment method

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Put the selected coffee cherries into the peeling machine and remove the peel and part of the pulp. The raw coffee beans with part of the pulp and pectin are put on the drying ground to dry so that their moisture content is reduced to about 12%. Finally, remove the parchment of raw coffee beans.

Excellent: honey treatment can be said to be an upgraded version of the sun-tanning method, because the pulp is removed first, mildew is avoided. In addition, there is no need to clean the pulp residue on the coffee beans, which also reduces the cost of water treatment. In terms of taste, as the raw coffee beans are dried in the form of pectin, the coffee beans absorb the sugar in the pectin, greatly improving the sweetness of the coffee.

Bad: the steps are tedious and the cost is high.